Qunar Announces Best Travel Companies in China

Qunar Announces Best Travel Companies in China

June 01, 2007

China's first-ever China Travel Industry Awards Ceremony
Highlights Established Players and Emerging Leaders


    BEIJING, June 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China's largest
travel search engine -- Qunar.com -- announced today the
finalists of China's first-ever China Travel Industry
Awards Ceremony.  The finalists were chosen by over 5,000
consumers through the internet.

    "We feel this is a fantastic opportunity to
recognize the leaders of the travel industry in
China," noted CC Zhuang, Qunar's Cofounder and
President.  "The Chinese Travel Industry Awards
Ceremony recognizes not only well-established leaders but
also emerging giants within the travel space."

    The awards ceremony took place on Tuesday, May 29, 2007
at the Great Wall Sheraton Hotel, located in the heart of
Beijing's commercial center.

    The awards for the best web sites included:

    Most Popular Online Travel Agency Web Site
     -- Ctrip.com

    Most Popular Traditional Travel Agency Web Site
     -- Aoyou.com

    Online Travel Agency Web Site -- Best User Experience
     -- Elong.com

    Online Travel Agency Web Site -- Most Innovative Web
Site
     -- Etpass.com

    Online Travel Agency Web Site -- Most "Willing to
Try" 
     -- MangoCity.com

    The awards for the best airlines included:

    Most Popular Domestic Airline
     -- Air China

    Best Customer Service Domestic Airline
     -- Air China

    Most Popular Budget Airline
     -- Spring Airlines

    Most "Sunny" Domestic Airline
     -- Hainan Airlines

    Most Popular International Airline
     -- Singapore Airlines

    Best Customer Service International Airline
     -- Singapore Airlines

    Most "Sunny" International Airline
     -- Thai Airways

    Most `willing to try" International Airline
     -- British Airways & Air France

    Most "On Schedule" International Airline
     -- Northwest Airlines

    The awards for the best budget hotel chain included:
    
    Most Popular Hotel
     -- HomeInns, Super8, & JinJiang Inn
    
    Most Fashionable Hotel Brand
     -- GreenTree

    Best Customer Service
     -- YaYue

    China's first-ever China Travel Industry Awards
Criteria
    Among the over 100 attendees to the Chinese Travel
Industry Awards Ceremony were representatives from domestic
and international airlines, major hotels chains, online
travel agencies, as well as senior industry analysts. 

    Winners of the awards were selected based on the
findings of a large-scale ten-day online poll conducted by
Qunar.com.  Internet users throughout China (including Hong
Kong, Macao and Taiwan) voluntarily voted for the "the
Best Travel Supplier" within seven broad categories
spanning airlines and hotels to reservation web sites and
web sites of travel agencies.  More than 5,000 valid online
votes were cast. The authenticity and tendency reflected by
the findings are widely recognized. 

    About Qunar

    Based in Beijing, Qunar is China's largest travel
search engine and third largest travel web site overall,
attracting over 5 million customers on a monthly basis.  

    Qunar offers flight search, hotel search and deals
publishing.  By using Qunar.com consumers are able to
compare prices and access other relevant travel information
in order to make the best purchase decision.  Key partners
include Air China, Accor, Hilton and Shanghai Everbright. 


    Qunar means "where are you going?" in
Mandarin Chinese.

    For more information, please contact:

     Qunar.com
     Room 511-512,Splendid Time
     NO.56 West Road of North Fourth Ring
     Beijing.China.10080
     
     Media contact:
     Dixon Dai
     Vice President, Marketing
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]